Misc. Notes
Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA - Early Settlers -Extracted from Our County & Its People A Descriptive & Biographical Record of Bristol County Massachusetts Alanson Borden 1899 Pages 13 - 19
64874 As copied from the Proprietors' Records: About the year 1643, a joint agreement was made by the inhabitants of Sea conk alias Rehoboth, ffor the bringing in of their estates; that soe men's lotments might be taken up according to person and estate, as alsoe for the carrieing on of all publick chardges both for present and future; furthermore the means and interest of what is heare expressed is that by which lands, now granted by the Court of Plymouth to the towne, is to be divided according to person and estate, as is expressed in the following list: 26. Mr. Obed Homles now Robert Wheaton’s 100£
Rehoboth, MA Early Settlers: Names "of the inhabitants and proprietors of the Towne of Rehoboth having Rights and Titles to the Measuages, Tenements and Lands contained in the quit-claim deed of William BRADFORD to the town of Rehoboth, which hath been reade and allowed in a full Towne Meeting, February the 7th, 1689:" Robert Wheaton
64874
Bk 1 Pg 12
65720 (Him? died in Salem, MA?)
Will of Robert Wheaton of Reho, dtd 2 Oct 1687; prob 24 Feb 1695/6 Wife Alice. Sons: Joseph (eldest), Jeremiah, John, Obadiah, Ephraim & Benjamin. 3 daus: Bethiah, Hannah & Mary. Son Samuel’s chldn. (not named). Witns: John Peck, William Carpenter & John Butterworth (1:133)
Inv of Est of Robert Wheaton, dtd 11 Jan 1695/6, pres by Alice Wheaton, his widow. Apprs: William Carpenter & Samuel Millard (1:134)
Christofer Witten, Male, Marr: 1597 Willoughby, Lincoln, England, Katherine Wright, FHL Film 989787 2:3PQ61KB
65351 (His father and mother?)
Lincolnshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records
69546 (His father?)
Christopher Witton (sic) & Katherine Wright 29 Jun 1597; Book: Calendar of Wills Proved and of Administrations Granted in the Commissary Court of the Peculiar and Exempt Jurisdiction of Groby 1580-1800; Collection: Lincolnshire - Register of Marriages 1560-1837 (Marriage)
FamilySearch.org Family Tree indicates Christopher Wheaton (1585-1654) Marr: 1597 Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England to Katherine Wright (1585-1605) are his parents, no source provided, found 13 Jan 2018